Chamada
A chamada de Deus é irrevogável. Ele nos chamou das trevas para a sua maravilhosa luz — para sermos santos, discípulos e instrumentos de sua graça no mundo.
Chamados por Deus
Fostes chamados para a liberdade. A chamada de Deus é dom irrevogável que nos convida à santidade e ao serviço.
ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὸν καλέσαντα ὑμᾶς ἅγιον, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἅγιοι ἐν πάσῃ ἀναστροφῇ γενήθητε, διότι γέγραπται,35 𝕻72ℵA,C [98%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,ECM ¦ 1 οτι B [2%] [NU] «Ἅγιοι γίνεσθε,35 [52%] RP,HF,OC ¦ γενεσθε [36%] TR,CP ¦ εσεσθε 𝕻72ℵA,B,C [12%] NU ¦ two other variants (The early uncials presumably assimilated to the LXX; I take Peter’s point to be that since God is holy all the time, we are to be also [present tense—we have to work at it].) ὅτι ἐγὼ ἅγιός εἰμι.»35 𝕻72C [99.2%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- ℵA,B [0.8%] [NU]ECM
Εἰς τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ35 𝕻72 [23%] CP ¦ --- 𝕻81ℵA,B,C [77%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU (f35 [Kr] is independent of Kx and has the earliest attestation; the και is emphatic.) ἐκλήθητε, ὅτι καὶ Χριστὸς ἔπαθεν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν,35 (85.3%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ υμων (𝕻72,81v)(ℵA)B,Cv (14.7%) NU ὑμῖν35 (𝕻72,81vℵA,B,Cv) (85%) RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ ημιν (15%) TR (For the four word sequence, επαθεν υπερ ημων υμιν, there are at least sixteen variations. Taking these last two sets together, NU has both pronouns in the 2nd person, while TR has both in the 1st person.) ὑπολιμπάνων ὑπογραμμὸν ἵνα ἐπακολουθήσητε τοῖς ἴχνεσιν αὐτοῦ·
μὴ ἀποδιδόντες κακὸν ἀντὶ κακοῦ ἢ λοιδορίαν ἀντὶ λοιδορίας, τοὐναντίον δὲ εὐλογοῦντες, εἰδότες35 (90.3%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- 𝕻72,81ℵA,B,C (9.7%) NU ὅτι εἰς τοῦτο ἐκλήθητε ἵνα εὐλογίαν κληρονομήσητε.
—τοῦ σώσαντος ἡμᾶς καὶ καλέσαντος κλήσει ἁγίᾳ, οὐ κατὰ τὰ ἔργα ἡμῶν ἀλλὰ κατ᾿35 [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ κατα ℵA,C [5%] NU ἰδίαν πρόθεσιν καὶ χάριν, τὴν δοθεῖσαν ἡμῖν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ πρὸ χρόνων αἰωνίων,
Πιστὸς ὁ καλῶν ὑμᾶς, ὃς καὶ ποιήσει.35 ℵA,B [85%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ 1 την ελπιδα υμων βεβαιαν [15%] CP
Ἓν σῶμα καὶ ἓν Πνεῦμα (καθὼς καὶ ἐκλήθητε ἐν μιᾷ ἐλπίδι τῆς κλήσεως ὑμῶν), ¦ ημων CP
κατὰ σκοπὸν διώκω ἐπὶ35 [96%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ εις 𝕻16,46ℵA,B,I [4%] NU τὸ βραβεῖον τῆς ἄνω κλήσεως τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ.
A resposta à chamada
Deus é fiel, pelo qual fostes chamados. Ele nos escolheu, nos capacitou e nos enviou com propósito eterno.
Πιστὸς ὁ Θεός, δι᾿ οὗ ἐκλήθητε εἰς κοινωνίαν τοῦ Υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν. ¦ ∼ 34512 CP
καὶ τὰ ἀγενῆ τοῦ κόσμου καὶ τὰ ἐξουθενημένα ἐξελέξατο ὁ Θεός—καὶ35 B [98%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- 𝕻46ℵA,C [2%] NU τὰ μὴ ὄντα—ἵνα τὰ ὄντα καταργήσῃ· ὅπως μὴ καυχήσηται πᾶσα σὰρξ ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ.35 𝕻46ℵA,B [92%] HF,RP,OC,CP,NU ¦ αυτου C [8%] TR
Οἴδαμεν δὲ ὅτι τοῖς ἀγαπῶσιν τὸν Θεὸν πάντα συνεργεῖ εἰς35 ℵA,B,C [73%] OC,RP,HF,TR,NU ¦ 1 το [27%] CP ἀγαθόν, τοῖς κατὰ πρόθεσιν κλητοῖς οὖσιν.
εἰς ὃ35 A,B [94%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 και ℵ [6%] [NU] ἐκάλεσεν ὑμᾶς διὰ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου ἡμῶν, εἰς περιποίησιν δόξης τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.
Εἶπεν δὲ Πέτρος πρὸς αὐτούς· «Μετανοήσατε35 [20%] ¦ ∼ 32 εφη 456 [72%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ ∼ 32456 φησιν ℵA,C [2%] [NU] ¦ ∼ 32456 B ¦ ∼ 3245 φησιν 6 D ¦ five further variants [5%] καὶ βαπτισθήτω, ἕκαστος ὑμῶν, ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν,35 D (95.3%) HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 υμων (1.4%) ¦ των 1 υμων ℵA,B(C) (1.8%) NU ¦ των 1 (1.6%) καὶ λήψεσθε35 [95%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ λημψεσθε A,B,NU ¦ λημψεσθαι ℵC,D [1%] ¦ ληψεσθαι [3%] τὴν δωρεὰν τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος.
Οὐχ ὑμεῖς με ἐξελέξασθε, ἀλλ᾿ ἐγὼ ἐξελεξάμην ὑμᾶς καὶ ἔθηκα ὑμᾶς ἵνα ὑμεῖς ὑπάγητε καὶ καρπὸν φέρητε, καὶ ὁ καρπὸς ὑμῶν μένῃ· ¦ μεινη [10%] ¦ μενει N [10%] ἵνα ὅ τι ἂν αἰτήσητε τὸν Πατέρα ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου δώῃ35 N [47%] HF ¦ δω A,B,D [50%] CP,RP,OC,TR,NU ¦ δωσει ℵ [0.5%] ¦ δωση [0.5%] ¦ δωει [1%] ¦ one other variant [1%] ὑμῖν.